CITY OF SEATTLE
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A RESOLUTION setting the public hearing on the petition of the Seattle Department of Transportation for the vacation of portions of Broad Street, 8th Avenue North, and Mercer Street in the area bounded by Mercer Street, Dexter Avenue North, Roy Street, and 9th Avenue North in the South Lake Union area of Seattle, according to Chapter 35.79 of the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 15.62 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and Clerk File 314309.
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WHEREAS, the Seattle Department of Transportation has filed a petition with the City Council to vacate public property; and
WHEREAS, the petition is signed by the owners of more than two-thirds of the property abutting on the subject area; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT:
Section 1. A hearing by the Seattle City Council for the petition to vacate portions of Broad Street, 8th Avenue North, and Mercer Street, has been scheduled to take place during the Council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee meeting on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, starting at 2:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, Floor 2, City Hall. The Sustainability and Transportation Committee of the City Council will consider the petition when Clerk File 314309 is before the committee according to the Committee’s agenda.
The City Clerk is directed to give the notice of the hearing in the manner provided by law. A map, indicating the property described in the petition, shall be affixed to and become part of the notice that shall be posted by the street vacation petitioner in a conspicuous place on the right-of-way sought to be vacated.
Section 2. The hearing will provide opportunity for comments on the vacation of portions of Broad Street, 8th Avenue North, and Mercer Street in the area bounded by Mercer Street, Dexter Avenue North, Roy Street and 9th Avenue North, described as:
Portions of broad street, condemnation ordinance nos. 50890 and 84452, 8th avenue north and mercer street more particularly described as follows;
COMMENCING AT THE MONUMENTED INTERSECTION OF ROY ST. AND DEXTER AVE. NORTH;
THENCE SOUTH 01°28’04” WEST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID DEXTER AVE. NORTH, A DISTANCE OF 153.09 FEET;
THENCE, AT A RIGHT ANGLE, SOUTH 88°31’56” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 53.00 FEET to A POINT ON THE EAST MARGIN OF SAID DEXTER AVE. NORTH AND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE SOUTH 88°32’51” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 13.01 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 52°53’29” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 179.96 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 88°20’14” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 35.72 FEET TO THE
BEGINNING OF A CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE NORTH, WITH A RADIUS OF 35.00 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS NORTH 01°41’43” WEST;
THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 31°52’16, A DISTANCE OF 19.47 FEET TO THE SOUTH MARGIN OF SAID ROY ST;
THENCE ALONG SAID MARGIN SOUTH 88°32’41” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 62.10 FEET;
THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTH MARGIN SOUTH 88°33’04” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 67.29 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE NORTH, WITH A RADIUS OF 100.00 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS NORTH 23°15’55” EAST;
THENCE ALONG SAID NON-TANGENT CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 19°00’48”, A DISTANCE OF 33.18 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 85°44’53” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 55.09 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 88°35’57” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 123.52 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 01°43’01” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 160.63 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 88°48’50” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 9.19 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE WEST, WITH A RADIUS OF 65.00 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS NORTH 79°15’44” WEST;
THENCE ALONG SAID NON-TANGENT CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 60°05’28”, A DISTANCE OF 68.17 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE SOUTHWEST, WITH A RADIUS OF 140.00 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS SOUTH 40°38’47” WEST;
THENCE ALONG SAID COMPOUND CURVE THOUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 36°51’30”, A DISTANCE OF 90.06 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH, WITH A RADIUS OF 379.17 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS SOUTH 00°06’44” EAST;
THENCE ALONG SAID COMPOUND CURVE THOUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 8°39’25”, A DISTANCE OF 57.29 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 80°53’45’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 15.88 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH, WITH A RADIUS OF 501.24 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS SOUTH 10°13’58” EAST;
THENCE ALONG SAID NON-TANGENT CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 3°07’36”, A DISTANCE OF 27.35 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, CONCAVE to the SOUTHEAST, WITH A RADIUS OF 956.22 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS SOUTH 14°25’20” EAST;
THENCE ALONG SAID NON-TANGENT CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 6°10’27”, A DISTANCE OF 103.04 FEET TO THE BEGINNING OF A COMPOUND CURVE, CONCAVE TO THE SOUTHEAST, WITH A RADIUS OF 1338.00 FEET, WHICH CENTER BEARS SOUTH 20°01’33” EAST;
THENCE ALONG SAID COMPOUND CURVE THrOUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 7°05’26”, A DISTANCE OF 165.58 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 29°32’43” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.51 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 58°57’10” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 9.05 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 35°16’26” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 34.03 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 84°21’54” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 32.96 FEET TO THE NORTH MARGIN OF MERCER ST.;
THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 84°21’54” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 12.52 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 57°22’25” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 2.98 FEET TO SAID NORTH MARGIN;
THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 57°22’25” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 17.16 FEET to the east margin on dexter;
THENCE NORTH 01°28’04” EAST along said east margin, A DISTANCE OF 111.22 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; cONTAINING AN AREA OF 61,811 SQUARE FEET OR 1.4190 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. sITUATE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON STATE
Or, in the alternative, to vacate any portion of this right-of-way as described above, reserving to The City of Seattle all necessary slope rights including cuts or fills on the above-described former right-of-way abutting on the property after the vacation, and further reserving to The City of Seattle the right to reconstruct, maintain, and operate any existing overhead or underground utilities in the property until the beneficiaries of the vacation arrange with the owners for their removal.
Adopted by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2017, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day of _________________________, 2017.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2017.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
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